The Aperlena Verdict
Open raceNo supplier dominates: 4 different companies have won the last 4 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.
Based on 4 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.
Summary
Machine-generated summaryThe contract covers the implementation of investment projects on the water supply network within Sofia Municipality, divided into six separate lots covering different zones of the city. Zone 1 covers the districts of Ovcha Kupel, Krasno Selo, Triaditsa, Sredets and Lozenets; Zone 2 covers Vitosha, Studentski, Izgrev and Mladost; Zone 3 covers Pancharevo and Iskar; Zone 4 covers Kremikovtsi, Poduyane and Slatina; Zone 5 covers Novi Iskar, Vrabnitsa and Nadezhda; Zone 6 covers Bankya, Lyulin, Krasna Polyana, Ilinden, Vazrazhdane, Oborishte and Serdika. Works include earthworks with excavation and backfilling, installation of water pipelines and structures using trenchless or open trench methods, new building connections or reconnections of existing ones, plus concrete, formwork and reinforcement works.
Description
6 lots
- Lot 1
- Обособена позиция 1: Изпълнение на инвестиционни проекти по водопроводната мрежа на територията на Столична община – ЗОНА 1 – територията на СО – райони: Овча купел, Красно село, Триадица, Средец, Лозенец estimated €5,075,000 · 24 months
- Lot 2
- Обособена позиция 2: Изпълнение на инвестиционни проекти по водопроводната мрежа на територията на Столична община – ЗОНА 2 - територията на СО – райони: Витоша, Студентски, Изгрев, Младост estimated €5,075,000 · 24 months
- Lot 3
- Обособена позиция 3: Изпълнение на инвестиционни проекти по водопроводната мрежа на територията на Столична община – ЗОНА 3 - територията на СО – райони: Панчарево, Искър estimated €5,075,000 · 24 months
- Lot 4
- Обособена позиция 4: Изпълнение на инвестиционни проекти по водопроводната мрежа на територията на Столична община – ЗОНА 4 - територията на СО – райони: Кремиковци, Подуяне, Слатина estimated €5,075,000 · 24 months
- Lot 5
- Обособена позиция 5: Изпълнение на инвестиционни проекти по водопроводната мрежа на територията на Столична община – ЗОНА 5 - територията на СО – райони: Нови Искър, Връбница, Надежда estimated €5,075,000 · 24 months
- Lot 6
- Обособена позиция 6: Изпълнение на инвестиционни проекти по водопроводната мрежа на територията на Столична община – ЗОНА 6 - територията на СО – райони: Банкя, Люлин, Красна поляна, Илинден, Възраждане, Оборище, Сердика estimated €5,075,000 · 24 months
- How tenders are scored
- Възложителя и ще извърши оценка и класиране на офертите въз основа на критерий икономически най-изгодна оферта „оптимално съотношение качество/цена“ .: 60 points; Възложителя и ще извърши оценка и класиране на офертите въз основа на критерий икономически най-изгодна оферта „оптимално съотношение качество/цена“ .: 40 points
- Tenders go to
- app.eop.bg/today/602812
As the official notice states them.
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- Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid. Above the EU threshold: open to companies from any EU country.
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Expected award price
- likely award for this notice, from its published estimate of €30,450,000
- €29.5M to €30.4M
Comparable awards in this country and sector came in at a median of 99% of their published estimate, half of them between 97% and 100%, based on 538 awards of the last 3 years.
Each award is compared with the estimate of the same lots, framework agreements excluded. A published estimate may include options and renewals, so an award under it is not always a discount.
What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,927 awards for Construction work in Bulgaria.
- This notice
- €30.4M
- Median award
- €211,853
- Middle half of past awards
- €68,969 to €724,259
The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
The buyer
Full buyer profileСОФИЙСКА ВОДА АД
- notices in the register
- 187
- awards
- 73
- awarded in total
- €82.2M
Who wins its contracts
Many suppliers- different companies won its awards
- 60
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 9%
- of its calls state an estimated value
- 100%
Based on 65 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 1.7
- of those lots received a single tender
- 48%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 0%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.
Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector
| Company | Wins | Total awarded | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| ДЗЗД „СВ-ИНФРА“ | 1 | €1.8M | Sep 2026 |
| РАЙКОМЕРС КОНСТРУКШЪН ЕАД | 1 | €1.8M | Jul 2026 |
| КАНАЛИ СОФИЯ 2026; ГЕЛАК ООД; ЕТ ЙОНИ ДМ - ЙОНКО СТОИЛОВ; ГАРАНТСТРОЙ 92 ЕООД | 1 | Sep 2026 | |
| РаТек ООД | 1 | May 2026 |
Based on 4 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.
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Market context
Larger than 94% of the open notices in Construction work across Europe.
- open now in Construction work
- 19,844
- median open notice
- €557,512
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersBulgaria · Construction work
- different companies won awards here
- 1,049
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 4%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 416
Based on 2,468 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
Competition
- tenders per lot on average (open and restricted procedures)
- 2.7
- of those lots received a single tender
- 33%
- of the awards went to companies based in another country
- 1%
- of the tenders came from another country
- 1%
As the official award notices state them, over the last 3 years. Tenders per lot count open and restricted procedures only: in a negotiated procedure or a direct award a single tender is the procedure itself. The country is the one the notice gives for the winner.
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